Detroit Free Press

One of the beauties of making a stir-fry is that it lets you use up that one carrot or the half a red pepper tucked away in the crisper drawer. Plus, stir-fries cook up quickly in a minimal amount of oil, and you only need one skillet or wok. It's a little tedious cutting up all the vegetables and protein, but that's part of why it cooks so fast.

DETROIT -- Partridge Creek mall store owners enjoy its dog-friendly policy almost as much as the dog owners who shop there.

"People really enjoy it, it brings more customers in," said Cory Hardy of Bears & Buddies, who often takes his two dogs, a Chihuahua and a puggle, to work with him at the Clinton Township, Mich., establishment.

Today, dogs are welcome at places that were off limits to pets just a few years ago. No one is keeping track of the number of dog-friendly employers, but taking Fido to work and elsewhere appears to be a growing trend.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Detroit Red Wings' anger over the NHL's refusal to suspend Shea Weber still simmered Friday. So it was important they regained the respect the league took away by shrugging its shoulders when Weber smashed Henrik Zetterberg's head against the glass at the conclusion of Game 1, treating it as an acceptable part of hockey.

Well, another acceptable part of the sport is the deliverance of frontier justice.

Not even two minutes into Game 2, Todd Bertuzzi went after Weber. The exchange happened early enough it wouldn't necessarily hurt either team. They merely exercised the customary hockey payback dance. Both landed punches. Both got five minutes in the box. But the symbolism was what mattered.

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- Kara Patterson holds a long, heavy javelin above her head. She waits. She moves it next to her ear and runs. In one smooth motion, it flies from her hand in an elegant arc, landing way down the field as it plunges its point into the grass.

Her coach watches from a folding chair on the sidelines. "Better," he says.

Then the 2008 Olympian throws the javelin again. And again. And again.

She's trying to make the 2012 Olympics.

DEXTER, Mich. -- Sandy Pollard was driving to her Dexter, Mich., home about 5:50 p.m. Thursday when she met up with an approaching tornado.

Despite the pouring rain and high winds that ripped the windshield wipers off her car, she didn't stop. All she could think about was her 17-year-old daughter, Amanda, who was home alone.

DETROIT -- "All-American Muslim," the reality TV show on TLC based in Dearborn, Mich., that ignited a national controversy, will not be back for a second season, the Detroit Free Press has learned.

AGAWA CANYON, Ontario, Canada -- There are no animals, no birds, not one moving creature, except for a man on a lake who raises his hand as we pass. It is overcast. Sky the color of cotton wool muffles the harsh rocky landscape; the snow and hills blend into a black-and-white panorama dotted with the drab loden of the pines. Snow falls in fits and starts. It is already more than 2 feet deep. Let spring come somewhere else; winter has settled here, as always.

Last year, the Agawa Canyon Snow Train did not run. This year, it has $11 million worth of new equipment, upgraded coaches and splendid new burgundy paint. It has a warm dining car with good service and hearty food. It is running each Saturday through March 10.

The question is: Does anyone have the patience to ride the Snow Train anymore?